Allow me to introduce you to my new bronde- you guessed it, that's both brown and blonde- ombré hair, courtesy of the talented Take 2 salon and my lovely boyfriend's wallet (it was a graduation present so this is allowed!). I've been getting bored of my bottle blonde for a while now and it got to the point where it was so far from my natural light brown hair colour that I wanted to tone things down a bit. I decided to go 'Kimberly Walsh style' ombré as I didn't want to get rid of the blonde completely and it also allows me to jump on the dip dye band wagon while it's still hot. I was pretty nervous as I sat in the salon yesterday and wasn't really sure how they'd go about creating the look I wanted but in the end I had an ashy light brown tint on my roots and about half way down my hair, then my already blonde ends were refreshed with a toner and helloooo ombré. It's not the most obvious colour contrast as it's hard to get such light hair to go dark, but I actually really like how subtle it is as I didn't want to walk out sporting two separate blocks of colour and I think they did a really good job colour matching the top to my roots and blending it out. Because of how blonde my hair was underneath I also now look like I've got highlights running through it. Highlights for free, not bad eh? I had a little bit cut off the ends of my hair but not much as I do want to keep growing it until I look like Rapunzel/can't face attacking it with ghd's anymore, but it already feels so much healthier and I really like how the hairdresser shaped it around my face too. All in all I'm a very happy bronde bunny and at £61 for everything I thought it was pretty reasonably priced...although saying that I do think I need to bake my boyfriend a rather large thank you cake for his birthday tomorrow!

I love your hair Meg! It looks so healthy and full and the whole look is just lovely and it suits you so much. Im so tempted to try it myself - I went brunette once and I cant say it suited me so im always a little nervous of going darker - but I might give it a whirl for Autumn/Winter. I think a little 'bronde'/caramel is in order for me.. ;) xx

Meg, it's gorgeous! So natural and beachy and lovely AND very Kimberly Walsh- I've been eyeing her hair up for ages and you may have just give me a serious push to go for it! You look just as beautiful as usual to lady!Speak soon, and happy birthday to your mister for tomorrow, I hope you have a lovely day.Laura xxx

Absolutely love it Meg, you look stunning as always but it really suits you :) I get so frustrated with the brassy tones in mine, I'm debating having a few light brown shades put through it next time I get my highlights done to hopefully go more ashy rather than my current golden :)Love Holly x

This is exactly what I want to do to my bottle blonde hair! I'v been dying my hair the same box colour for over 4 years now so definitely need a change like you...have you got any tips on what to ask for at the salon? I'm scared to have the top dyed brown and then it go ginger!!Thanks hun!! (looks amazing btw totes jelllllll!!)http://alicespearing.blogspot.co.uk/